CHRISTCHURCH STREET ROWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1873, 21 June 1888, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH STREET ROWS

At the ChrUtoharoh R.M, Court yerterday & number of young men were brought before the Ooart on a oharge of disorderly conduct m the street on the night of Jane 2nd, when they resisted an attempt by the polloe to arreßt a drunken and disorderly man. The ' ' Telegraph " says : — lt was shown that there had been a moat disgraceful and cowardly attack on a single man, who, from the midst of a crowd of 400 or 600 people received no helping hand, with the exoeption of one person who interfered towards the fetter part of the agt»r. Most bf the orowd were of that claaa of idle young men who infest the streets of the olty after dark, who, m this instance, formed a most dangerous combination, and bahaved'lna brutal and disgusting manner. None of the witnesses, however, qou.!d swear to the identity of the accqaed. The Ban oh aafd no page Laet been taad,e out against T«ylor and Syiicock, who ware discharged. Mr 1 Ho ban produced witneeoea who swore to the presence of Johcgton and Bakei; io another part of the town at the titn§ of the row, The* Bench diabelleyed this m the case' of Johnston, and fined him £1 with coats. Baker ysqs discharged,. Green was fined §3 for bejgg drunk, and £?0 for assaulting the pol(03 with costs. The gallery of tho Court waß Qlled wl'h young men daring the hiring of this oane.